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Kasparov Interview with Tyler Cowen
May 10, 2017
An excerpt from a long interview of Garry Kasparov with Tyler Cowen for the Mercatus Center at George Mason University (Arlington, Virginia).
See:
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/kas...th-tyler-cowen
https://medium.com/conversations-wit...n-3bf28baf4dba
Some of the topics covered: The book Deep Thinking, the match with Deep Blue, computer vs human at chess, Russia, books and films, the King’s Gambit, the 1999 game against Topalov and the aspirants for the crown of WCC:
COWEN: One final question I forgot. Who is the most likely challenger to Magnus Carlsen this next time around?
KASPAROV: Considering the logic of the world championship history, Magnus should face opposition from a younger player, or the same age. So I would say there are three players that, I guess, could challenge him. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, I would rate him as least probable among the three. Second, Caruana, and the most likely, Wesley So.
The reason I put Wesley ahead of two others is that he has phenomenal concentration, absolutely phenomenal, and that’s very important. These days, concentration trumps everything. I would put it on top of other things, though he’s a very, very good player. I think that he might be the most dangerous for Magnus
COWEN: Because he has nothing to lose, he feels?
KASPAROV: No, because his concentration could overboard Magnus. Magnus’s concentration was always his strength. He was always very concentrated. He could mobilize all his resources for the game. We saw Magnus could feel...despite again I guess So has to qualify for the Candidates; he still has to win it.
But against Wesley So, Magnus could have some serious problems in reading his opponent, and also messing up his energy. So could reflect. I think his match with Caruana could be also uncertain, and if Vachier-Lagrave makes some improvements, more psychological improvements, he could be also dangerous. He’s the same age; Caruana is younger. So is even younger than Caruana.
So I would bet on these three as one of the Magnus challengers, ranking them in the following order: So, Caruana, MVL.
May 10, 2017
An excerpt from a long interview of Garry Kasparov with Tyler Cowen for the Mercatus Center at George Mason University (Arlington, Virginia).
See:
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/kas...th-tyler-cowen
https://medium.com/conversations-wit...n-3bf28baf4dba
Some of the topics covered: The book Deep Thinking, the match with Deep Blue, computer vs human at chess, Russia, books and films, the King’s Gambit, the 1999 game against Topalov and the aspirants for the crown of WCC:
COWEN: One final question I forgot. Who is the most likely challenger to Magnus Carlsen this next time around?
KASPAROV: Considering the logic of the world championship history, Magnus should face opposition from a younger player, or the same age. So I would say there are three players that, I guess, could challenge him. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, I would rate him as least probable among the three. Second, Caruana, and the most likely, Wesley So.
The reason I put Wesley ahead of two others is that he has phenomenal concentration, absolutely phenomenal, and that’s very important. These days, concentration trumps everything. I would put it on top of other things, though he’s a very, very good player. I think that he might be the most dangerous for Magnus
COWEN: Because he has nothing to lose, he feels?
KASPAROV: No, because his concentration could overboard Magnus. Magnus’s concentration was always his strength. He was always very concentrated. He could mobilize all his resources for the game. We saw Magnus could feel...despite again I guess So has to qualify for the Candidates; he still has to win it.
But against Wesley So, Magnus could have some serious problems in reading his opponent, and also messing up his energy. So could reflect. I think his match with Caruana could be also uncertain, and if Vachier-Lagrave makes some improvements, more psychological improvements, he could be also dangerous. He’s the same age; Caruana is younger. So is even younger than Caruana.
So I would bet on these three as one of the Magnus challengers, ranking them in the following order: So, Caruana, MVL.